Allied Troops Occupy Florence After Push to Outskirts
Allied forces and the Eighth Army patrols pushed beyond Florence’s northern outskirts after entering the city. Headquarters said enemy resistance collapsed as the city fell, with damage avoided and relief planned for inhabitants. In Italy, Italian troops seized Santa Maria-Carplencia near Pergola. Polish troops with tank support attacked near Ceraza, taking 100 prisoners after a daylong battle. The Eighth Army reported 13,171 enemy prisoners captured from May 11 to August.
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Eighth Army
Herold Alesander
Florence
Alfied ‘Command
Emny
AMG
Adriatic
Santa Maria-Carplencia
Pergola
Ceraza
Mechanicville and Local Groups Hold Busy Weekend
The issue reports a crowded schedule in Mechanicville with the Mechanicsville Council 208 percent and the Knights of Columbus celebrating a bold clamsteam at Button's Grove in Schaghticoke. Jobe Keegan serves as general chairman for upcoming events including sports. The Sunbeams directed by Lieut. Zane Henneman meet at 3 45 p.m. Rotary attendees hear from Donald P. Armer, manager of the Albany State Bank, on the heavens as Pastor D. Linehan presides over church matters. Approximately 300 attended a clansteam hosted by the American Sons at Zurlo's Grove, with softball and bocce ball among activities. The B Masonic Club Bowling League opens mid month with teams matched by percentage. Local residents travel and visit relatives across towns, while several service members and families are referenced. Masonic Club resumes meetings September 5. Parent-Teacher Association plans a fall meeting at Chestnut Street School. Boy Scouts St Paul’s Troop holds charter night at Parochial School Ball with parents invited.
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Council
K. of C
Button’s Grove
Schaghtigoke
Jobe Keegan
Robert Sarle
England
Callander
Africa
Aleutians
Pte
Francis Callander
Englanhdities
Masonic Club
Rooins
George Thormas
Parent-Teacher Association
Chestnut Street
Gri Ji
St. Paul's
Local guests visit Greenwich and Troy families
Buskirk Alfred Corcoran of Greenwich has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baker. Mrs. Jane Baldwin of New York is the guest of her cousin, Bill Clarence Wallace. Sisters Regens Marie and Ernesta of Troy are spending a week with their father, Willard Flynn, Sr., and other local relatives.
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Alfred Corcoran
Greenwich
Paul Baker
Jane Baldwin
New York
Bill Clarence “Wallace
Regens Marie
Ernesta
Troy
Willard Flynn
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